Darin: Is your DNS system home grown or did you purchase it? Sounds like it is part of a hosting control panel.
Chuck Schick Warp 8, Inc. 303-421-5140 www.warp8.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darin Cox > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: BIND vs Windows DNS capabilities > > > Good to know. Hadn't heard of problems with Windows DNS, but had heard of > security issues with BIND. > > The one thing I don't like about Windows DNS is the inability to enumerate > subdomains without manually parsing the zone files. Not sure > what BIND has > now in terms of programmatically manipulating zone files to automate most > common processes and provide simple management interfaces. A few > years ago > we ran DNS and hosting on Unix/BIND and had an inherited system with some > automated management capabilities, but all via telnet. > > We now do all of our DNS management via a database driven system, > with a web > UI and multiple security levels to provide some customers (collocated, > advanced customers, and resellers) the ability to manipulate DNS. > > Darin. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Nameserver issues and Spam fighting > > > > >We've run Windows DNS (on our mail server as well) for several years with > no > >problems. I haven't ever seen a performance comparison of > Windows DNS vs. > >BIND, though. > > > >Scott, what's your rationale behind recommending BIND instead? > > Because I have heard many, many reports of problems with Windows > DNS. There are often mysterious problems that go away by rebooting a > Windows DNS server. If it is working fine for you, then I wouldn't > recommend switching -- it may well be that the version you are running > along with the way you have it set up (and your volume) doesn't have any > problems. > > Part of the problem may be that Windows DNS is part of the OS (which only > gets a new release every couple of years), whereas BIND is a "standard" > product in that it is continually upgraded. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
